Nick Ballou

According to our database, Nick Ballou authored at least 16 papers between 2021 and 2026.

Collaborative distances:

• Dijkstra number of five.
• Erdős number of four.

2026

Self-determination theory in HCI: advancing the field.

Nick Ballou, Dorian Peters, Gabriela Villalobos-Zúñiga, Elisa D. Mekler, Rafael A. Calvo, Sebastian Deterding

Interact. Comput., 2026

The Basic Needs in Games Model of Video Game Play and Mental Health.

Nick Ballou, Sebastian Deterding

Interact. Comput., 2026

From Breakups to Lethargy: Player Accounts of Third Variables Affecting Video Game Playtime and Wellbeing.

Nick Ballou, Tamás Földes, Thomas Hakman, Andrew K. Przybylski

Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2026

2024

Affective Uplift During Video Game Play: A Naturalistic Case Study.

Matti Vuorre, Nick Ballou, Thomas Hakman, Kristoffer Magnusson, Andrew K. Przybylski

Games Res. Pract., September, 2024

The Basic Needs in Games Scale (BANGS): A new tool for investigating positive and negative video game experiences.

Nick Ballou, Alena Denisova, Richard M. Ryan, C. Scott Rigby, Sebastian Deterding

Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud., 2024

How does Juicy Game Feedback Motivate? Testing Curiosity, Competence, and Effectance.

Dominic Kao, Nick Ballou, Kathrin Gerling, Heiko Breitsohl, Sebastian Deterding

Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024

2023

'I Just Wanted to Get It Over and Done With': A Grounded Theory of Psychological Need Frustration in Video Games.

Nick Ballou, Sebastian Deterding

Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact., 2023

A Manifesto for More Productive Psychological Games Research.

Nick Ballou

Games Res. Pract., 2023

Learnings from the case Maple Refugee: A story of free-to-play, probability, and gamer consumer activism.

Solip Park, Nick Ballou, Maarten Denoo, Eva Grosemans, Elena Petrovskaya, Yaewon Jin, Leon Y. Xiao

Proceedings of the 2023 DiGRA International Conference: Limits and Margins of Games Settings, 2023

2022

"Clinically significant distress" in internet gaming disorder: An individual participant meta-analysis.

Nick Ballou, David Zendle

Comput. Hum. Behav., 2022

The hidden intricacy of loot box design: A granular description of random mone-tized reward features.

Nick Ballou, Charles Gbadamosi, David Zendle

Proceedings of the 2022 DiGRA International Conference: Bringing Worlds Together, 2022

Self-Determination Theory in HCI: Shaping a Research Agenda.

Nick Ballou, Sebastian Deterding, April Tyack, Elisa D. Mekler, Rafael A. Calvo, Dorian Peters, Gabriela Villalobos-Zúñiga, Selen Turkay

Proceedings of the CHI '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New Orleans, LA, USA, 29 April 2022, 2022

Do People Use Games to Compensate for Psychological Needs During Crises? A Mixed-Methods Study of Gaming During COVID-19 Lockdowns.

Nick Ballou, Sebastian Deterding, Ioanna Iacovides, Laura Helsby

Proceedings of the CHI '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New Orleans, LA, USA, 29 April 2022, 2022

2021

Actions, not gestures: contextualising embodied controller interactions in immersive virtual reality.

Jack Ratcliffe, Nick Ballou, Laurissa Tokarchuk

Proceedings of the VRST '21: 27th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, Virtual Event / Osaka, Japan, December 8, 2021

Not Very Effective: Validity Issues of the Effectance in Games Scale.

Nick Ballou, Heiko Breitsohl, Dominic Kao, Kathrin Gerling, Sebastian Deterding

Proceedings of the CHI PLAY '21: The Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, 2021

Are You Open? A Content Analysis of Transparency and Openness Guidelines in HCI Journals.

Nick Ballou, Vivek R. Warriar, Sebastian Deterding

Proceedings of the CHI '21: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2021